Window construction



R. T. AXE

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 50, y1925 A .Feb. 1 1927'.

INVENToR.

' ATTORNEYS Il il Patented Feb. 1, 1927.

ROY T. AXE,` or sYnAoUsn, NEW Yoan, Assrenon ro ran o. wi. nnwnnns coureur ING., on sYnAoUsE, NEW YORK,

A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WINDOW CONSTRCTIGN.

Application led January 30, 1925.

rlhis invention relates to window construction of the type known as marine windows in which the glass is movable vertically in guides in the frame, the glass being unprovided with a sash, and has for its object a particularly simple and efficient means for tightening the glass in the frame to prevent looseness and rattling thereof.

The invent-ion consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional View through a window embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of parts seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line SW3, Figure 2.

This window construction comprises gen erally a frame formed with guides, a window pane movable along the guides and means fixed from movement with the pane and coacting directly with the pane to hold it from rattling.

The window frame includes the usual sill and in the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the pane drops below the sill and the means for holding the sash from loose* ness and rattling is carried by the sill Vand extends transversely of the glass and is operable manually into and out of engagement with the glass pane.

1 designates the frame which may be of any suitable form, size and construction, it being here shown as formed with guides 2 in which are located spring channel clips 3 for embracing the margins of the glass pane 4:.

The frame also includes a sill designated generally 5 and the pane can be lowered into and out of a well below the sill. The means for raising and lowering the glass pane forms no part of this invention and any well known means may be employed.

The means for holding the glass pane from rattling comprises an elongated clamping member 6 carried by the sill and extending transversely of the pane 4 and shiftable toward and from the pane, this clamping member being slidable rectilinearly and being mounted to have a pivotal or equalizing action, that is to press equally at all point-s Serial No. 5,7952.

on the glass pane. Such means further includes a manually operated member or handle for operating the clamping member. The clamping member 6 is provided with a yielding strip for engaging the pane as a rubber strip 7. rlhe clamping member is located beneath the upper surface of the sill or within the housing 8 mounted on the sill proper 5, this housing being usually formed of sheet metal.

The manually operated means comprises an eccentric or cam 9 mounted on a shaft suitably supported in the sill and the housing thereof, the cam thrusting or fulcrun'iing on the clamping member intermediate of the ends thereof. This shaft l0 extends through the top of the casing 8 and is provided with a handle 11 at its outer end. Usually a reenforcing plate 12 is provided on the upper side of the sheet metal case 8 and through which the shaft extends, the reenforcing plate taking the operating strains.

rlhe handle 11 is secured to the end of the shaft in any suitable manner as by a screw 18.

In operation, when the pane 4 is to be shifted to any elevation along the frame 1, the handle 1l is first operated to withdrawv the clamping member 6 from out of engagement with the glass pane, the pane is then shifted and the clamping member again operated to press against the glass pane and hold it from looseness and rattling and also make it water and weather tight.

rlChe clamping member preferably extends nearly the full width of the pane and owing to the fact that the cam is located intenmediate of the ends of the elongated clamping member so that the clamping member can have an equalizing or pivotal movement, the pressure of the clamping member is applied substantially equally throughout the width of the pane so that liability of break* ing the pane is reduced to a minimum.

1What l claim is:

1. A window constri'lction comprising a frame formed with `guides, a glass movable along the guides and manually operated means acting on the surface of the glass and extending across 'the major portion of the latter to hold the glass tight, said means having a pivotal and a sliding movement to adjust itself to the glass in clamping the same.

2. A window construction comprising a lou trame formed with guides, a glass movable along the guides and manually operated means acting on the surface ot the glass to hold the glass tight, said means comprising a clamping' member fixed trom movement with the glass, and having' a pivotal and a sliding movement to adjust itself to the glass and to clamp the same, and a handle coacting with the clamping member for moving the same toward and from the glass.

3. A window construction comprising a :trame including a sill, the Jframe being 'tori-ned with guides, a glass pane slidable in the guides and movable below the sill and means carried by the sill and coacting with the glass to hold the glass trom rattling, said means having a pivotal and a sliding movement to adjust itself to the glass in clamping the same.

4. A window conf-,itruction comprising a trame including a sill, the trame being formed with guides(n a pane slidable in the guides and mo y'able below the sill and manually operable clamping means carried by the sill and coactingl with the glass to clamp the same tightly in the guides and hold the glass trom rattling', said means extending across the major portion ot the width ot the glass and having a pivotal and sliding' movement to adjust itself to the glass in clamping the same.

5. A window construction comprising a trame including a sill, the trame being formed with guides, a pane slidable in the guides and movable below the sill and a Clampingv member carried by the sill and extending transversely of the glass and movable toward and from the glass, and also having a pivotal movement to adjust itselt to the glass in clamping' the same, and a manually operable member coacting with the clamping member to shift it into and out ot engagen'ient with the glass.

6. A window construction comprising a trame including a sill, the trame being formed with guides, a glass pane slidable in the guide and movable below the sill, a clamping member carried by the sill and eX- tending transversely ot' the glass across the major portion ol the width o'tI the same, a housing' associated with the sill and covering the clamping member and manual means extending through the housing and coacting with the clamping member to shitt it toward and trom the glass.

l. A window Construction comprising a trame including a sill the `traine being formed with guides, a glass pane slidable in the guide and movable below the sill, a clamping member carried by the sill and extendingv transversely ot the glass substantially across the same and having a sliding nd pivotal n'iovement to adjust itself to the glass in clamping the latter, a housing associated with the sill and covering the clamping member, a cam located within the housing and coacting with the clamping member to move it toward and trom the glass, the cam having a shaft extending through the top ot' the housing and a handle mounted on the outer end ot the shaft tor rocking' it and operating the cam.

ln a window construction, the combiL nation ot a 'trame formed with guides, a glass pane movable along the guides and an elongated clamping member fixed from moven'ient with the pane and extending trai'isversely thereof., the clamping member being mounted to slide toward and from the pane to hold the pane from rattling', having a pivotal movement to adjust itself to the glass in clamping the same, manual means tulcruming on the clamping member between its ends tor moving` it toward and from the pane.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county ot Gnondaga, and State ot New York, this 19th day ot January 1925. y ROY T. AXE. 

